The “gold” of healing in our lives is a sign that we are already beloved and valued, not the source of that valuable. You don’t have to wait to become beloved; you already are!
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Creating sanctuary
In our fast-paced, busy, stressful world, having a place of sanctuary where we can lay our burdens down for a moment, stop all of the busyness, and come to rest is vital for our ongoing health—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Continue readingMy Christmas wish for you
This is my counter-cultural Christmas wish for you—one that’s better suited to those of us that have walked through life’s broken places and have the kintsugi scars to show for it.
Continue readingOur wounds as thin places
At Halloween/Samhain/Allhallowtide, we observe a time of the thinning of the veils between our everyday reality and the spirit realms. Similarly, our wounds can function as thin places in the veils both on the “trick” side and on the “treat” side. How might seeing your wounds as thin places change the way you respond to them?
Continue readingPractices of opening to grace
Our spiritual practices can often seem like added chores on our to-do lists, but they are actually practice in opening to grace and the voice of Spirit that can sustain in life’s ordinary times as well as in life’s most broken places.
Continue readingThe gifts of the desert
Desert places are lonely, barren places that force us to confront the reality of ourselves and our lives. Even if we don’t travel there willingly, the desert comes from us the broken places of our lives. As challenging as these times are, they also offer us valuable gifts when we lean into the experience.
Continue readingWhat is your essential nature?
We are all a mix of good and evil. Whether we see ourselves as primarily good or primarily bad can have a large impact on how well we are able to become the best version of ourselves. How do you see yourself?
Continue readingWhat if you knew you were loved?
What if you knew without a shadow of a doubt deep down in your bones that you were loved? It would change everything, wouldn’t it? I know it would for me.
Continue readingAn inside job
My longing for the Divine has never been trying to lead me anywhere except within to find that I had never been separated from the One whom I sought.
Continue readingThe breath of life
What if every breath is a prayer? A wordless, undemanding, formless prayer that keeps us connected to that which is Divine as it keeps us connected to life. What if the Divine is as close as our next breath?
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